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Firefox 57 I'd like to double click a link and have it open in a new tab

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smacau1
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From any web page with links in it I'd like to be able to double click a link and it open in a new tab.

Addon DblClicker used to do that for me but that's now disabled in V57.

Any ideas? Apart from moving to Chrome where you can still do this....

From any web page with links in it I'd like to be able to double click a link and it open in a new tab. Addon DblClicker used to do that for me but that's now disabled in V57. Any ideas? Apart from moving to Chrome where you can still do this....

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Hi, yes I had the same problem, and what works very well is - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tap-to-tab/

Note, it also works with double click!

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!

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Scribe
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Hi, yes I had the same problem, and what works very well is - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tap-to-tab/

Note, it also works with double click!

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!

smacau1
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Aaawww man beauitful - works a treat!

Thanks Scribe.